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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Sunday, I experienced a most memorable evening with a fellow believer. In the early 1980's (33 years ago), my wife and I helped to co-lead the high school group at our church. It was a great group, and most of the students that attended were themselves strong Christians, daily seeking the Lord and His leading in their lives. Sunday evening, one of the members of that group from some 32 or 33 years ago flew into Dallas on a job, and he and I got together for dinner and spent quite a long time catching up. To be fair, we have stayed in touch very loosely through the years by email as I sent out the 'Daily Chews' and they send out Christian and other issue related emails. But we hadn't seen or talked much for probably at least 20 years.
We talked about our families and careers. And we spent most of the evening talking about what the Lord had done in each others lives. Where two or three are gathered... well the Lord showed up in a big way.
Four of the youth in that group 32 years ago coupled together and married. Kyle and his wife Dawn were two of them, and the stories of what God has done in their lives are rich and a great blessing to any who hear them.
Which leads me to my point. At different times in my life, I have had the opportunity to visit with someone who goes way back in my past. But it is a huge blessing to see how God has worked in one's life whom you knew way back when. Fellowship is centered on the testimonies of our Lord.
John wrote in Revelations 12:11, "And they overcame him [Satan] by the blood of the Lamb [Jesus] and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death."
Lest we ever forget, consider this day the events of your life and what God did in you and taught you. Tell these testimonies often, for they are the riches of our lives. KRH

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March 2016 makes my 36th year producing photography and design under my own studio name.
Personal: married to my wife of 40 years, and 15 children (really! 2 born to us, 13 adopted).
Mixed Emotions: moved to Texas after living on the Columbia River in Oregon.
Cars: have owned 5 Jeeps, a bunch of vans, a school bus and an AMC Pacer.